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A linearised theory of parachute opening dynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

H. G. Heinrich
H. G. Heinrich*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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The inflation of a parachute encompasses problems of aerodynamics, dynamics, and elasticity. The most noticeable effects of the interaction of the events are the opening force and the filling time. Attempts to analyse the opening process and to predict the opening force date back to 1927. Since then a considerable number of methods have been published. Some of them are primarily analytical, others more empirical, and several deal with isolated problems. The earliest and most analytically oriented studies are by Scheube and O'Hara.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 76 , Issue 744 , December 1972 , pp. 723 - 731
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1972 

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